<p>“Or someone who started college early right?”</p>
<p>I asked this question myself a while back and the general concensus of the answers was that it’s only older students, not younger. (Darn.)</p>
<p>I have lame SAT scores compared to all of you, bug a 4.0GPA. I want to play volleyball for Harvard. I’m 6’10. Does this give me any sort of advantage?</p>
<p>Entomom, if you’re here, perhaps you’d have some insight on this?</p>
<p>@RileyJohn:</p>
<p>holy. tall.</p>
<p>the end.</p>
<p>RJ, I don’t know much about how sports plays into transfer admissions, have you been in contact with the vb coach?</p>
<p>RJ, I’m by no means an expert but I’d say that anything that sets you apart with these admission rates is a good thing. You should try to find more info about this. I’d say that vb is an advantage for you, especially if Harvard is lacking in players. 
Also, if you’re a junior transfer, your SATs will matter less.</p>
<p>I didn’t think there would be this many junior transfers</p>
<p>lenora/entomom,</p>
<p>What if you recent taken the SAT and you are applying as a Jr? Will SAT still matter?</p>
<p>I wasn’t either, htransfer. I guess it’s because College Confidential tends to attract the most motivated (and usually brightest) students. I have a feeling that most H transfer applicants would lurk or have an account here.</p>
<p>Bullmarket, that’s the tricky part. From what I know, only the general overlaying rule is that stats from the high school category are more important for soph transfers than juniors. I’ve heard statements from admissions officers that everything is evaluated in light of the applicant’s situation. </p>
<p>My interpretation of it is that if you are taking the SAT now because you did not when you were in high school, it would count less than if you were a concurrent student who got his or her units DURING high school who is also a junior transfer. This is only my two cents and I am a student, not an admissions officer. It’s best to ring up Harvard with your specific question and ask them.</p>
<p>EDIT: I reread my statement and I just wanted to make it a little clearer. My interpretation is if you have been out of high school for a while and you are taking the SAT, it would count less because the SATs test high school concepts. The hypthetical college & high school student has recently been exposed to its material.</p>
<p>I hope that this post isn’t gibbrish to anyone but me.</p>
<p>I still don’t think over 500 people applied this year. Think about it, they announced mid Jan quietly, deadline in 2 months on Universal App?</p>
<p>Bullmarket, I think with the selectivity of a place like H, everything counts to some degree, but the SAT is likely to be less of a factor for a jr than a soph transfer applicant.</p>
<p>How many people do you guys think applied? Any chance they won’t accept anybody?</p>
<p>agree with entomom. contact the harvard vb coach and ask if the school is in need of players. of course, you also need to be pretty good.</p>
<p>just curious: when you ride the subway, does your head touch the top of the train door frame? you’re so tall! i’m still waiting for my growth spurt…</p>
<p>htransfer-500 sounds plausible…I also accidently found out havard began to accept transfers when I was suffering from insomnia at 4 am and suddenly I wanted to check the website…but even if only 500 or less applied the space is only limited to 10~20 and as you said maybe they would admit less than 10 or 0…</p>
<p>Htransfer, where did you pull the number 500 from? </p>
<p>From my own estimation, since I only accidentally found out that they opened up transfers again when I called to find something out about SSP and said, “…you don’t take transfers anymore…” and the rep corrected me, plus the short period of time (though I’m not familiar with Univeral Application), the number would be somewhere about 500-700. </p>
<p>Of course, not all of these applicants would necessarily be qualified to transfer. Some may have been frenzied by the wording (“Candidates for transfer admission will be considered for Fall 2010 enrollment.”) and have applied just because it seems like it’s their one-time-only shot to go to Harvard. I know I was definitely considering this, but I knew it was too early for me. My feeling is that out of pool, only a fraction are strong candidates. The rest aren’t really to be feared. </p>
<p>“Any chance they won’t accept anybody?”</p>
<p>Even with H being a super-rich school, I highly doubt they would be spending the time and resources to reopen a dead transfer program only to admit no one. They’re going to admit someone. In fact, 10-20 lucky someones will be transfering to Harvard in the fall. </p>
<p>Honestly, it sounds like you’re catching transferitis. Relax, take a deep breath, and everything will be OK. :)</p>
<p>The number of what you said “qualified candidates” I think would be around 200 maybe…the real competition then would be 20 out of 200…hmm</p>
<p>Yep, 10% isn’t so bad when compared to an initial figuring of 2%. There’ll always be the waitlist as well. :)</p>
<p>True true and True. I wonder how many people they decide to waitlist.</p>
<p>For the record, (thanks for the replies) I talked to the coach. He said he’d love to have me, but let’s “WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE ADMISSION’S COMMITTEE SAYS BEFORE WE TALK FURTHER BECAUSE TRANSFER ADMISSION IS VERY COMPETITIVE AND CHANCES CAN BE VERY SLIM.”</p>
<p>Encouraging.</p>